Chicago's fastest-growing professional theatre & performing arts conservatory, is looking for three new staff members due to a restructuring of our programs.

Part-Time: 20-22 hours per week, plus increase to 30 hours per week in the summer

Anticipated start date is late February or early March

This is a combination educator-administrator-producer position, which requires previous education experience, as well as skills & knowledge in production, and strong administrative & customer service orientation. This person will become the face of our Conservatory to families, as well as the go-to and fix-it person for our production team and directors.

Requires regularly scheduled hours with some flexibility. We do need this person to be available for most Saturday mornings when we are in session to be our customer service and teacher support with Spotlight, Kindermusik and other programs. This position also is required to attend some evening and weekend events like tech rehearsals, voice recitals, dance performances, and final showings, etc. This is not a work-from-home position.

Very much interested in "resident designers" who are also teachers to take on this role for additional compensation. Also, would be interested in a Producing Director who would like to teach/direct at least one program a year.

Requirements

Skills & Qualifications:

This is a generalist position, the successful candidate will have worked in theatre education, have previous experience supervising employees, and be an experienced, confident teacher-director.

Personal attributes:

Leadership skills - confident, strong, trustworthy leader

Confident

Creative & resourceful

Patient & flexible, open to new ideas and understanding of growing pains

Great sense of humor

Enjoy working on a team with others

Passion for theatre education

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Professional attributes:

Demonstrated success as a teacher-director.

Previous work in Production Management or General Manager-type work

Highest level of organizational skills.

Strong verbal and written communicator

Commitment to the mission & goals of the program and Company

Enjoy details, committed to proofreading and getting everything right the first time

Thrive on working closely with families and students, building relationships

Internship or previous administrative experience, preferably as a manager

Ability to work the published hours with no exceptions - you are the face of the Company and the go-to person for these programs

Ability to increase hours in the busy times - Tech Weeks for Youth & Teen shows, as well as Summer Camps (up to 30 hours per week in Summer)

Very much interested in "resident designers" - e.g. Lighting who is interested in more compensation and can provide more consistencies for these programs. Also, would be interested in a Producing Director who would like to teach/direct at least one program a year

To Apply:

Send a letter of introduction explaining why this position is a good fit for you.